Tension has flared between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sudan after the Sudanese airforce bombed the UAE ambassadors residence on Sunday.
“The United Arab Emirates strongly condemns the brutal attack on the residence of the head of the Emirati mission in Khartoum, which was targeted by a Sudanese army aircraft, causing serious damage to the building,” UAE Foreign Ministry said.
“The Sudanese army must bear full responsibility for this cowardly act,” added the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said the Emirati side “will send a note of protest to the Arab League, the African Union, and the United Nations against the attack by the Sudanese forces, which is a flagrant violation of the basic principle of the inviolability of diplomatic buildings.”
The situation in Sudan escalated in April 2023 due to disagreements between the army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the leader of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
The main disagreements between them are related to the timing and methods of forming a unified armed force.
The airstrike comes amid intensified fighting in the capital over the past three days, as the army launched a major offensive to retake control of Khartoum from the RSF.
A local emergency service said that the attack hit the Al-Azhari and Al-Ingaz districts, which have seen heavy fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group since conflict erupted in April.
“At least six people were killed, and more than ten others were injured, including four children, in an indiscriminate bombing by army aircraft that targeted homes,” Mohamed Kindasha, a spokesperson for the South Belt Emergency Room, said in a statement.
